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the political will is developing, and state by state the across the united states laws are being made to restrict carbon dioxide. there are 900 mayors who have formed a coalition, and many governor thes have come together -- governors have come together with commitments to curb carbon emissions. renales like the northeast and in the northwest. they have set their own standards. they're not waiting for the federal government. individual cities are committing to drastic cuts in electricity through energy efficiency and creating ways to invest in renewable energy. the youth are mobilizing, and large corporations are calling on the government to regulate greenhouse gases. many of them, many of these large businesses are leaving the u.s. chamber of commerce. now, you may have seen recently in the news that one -- there were two, actually, one was pacific gas and electric. major utility who stated that they are dropping their membership due to the chamber's not standing behind strong climate legislation. apple just did the same thing. and here's what they said, apple said: we would prefer t
the political will is developing, and state by state the across the united states laws are being made to restrict carbon dioxide. there are 900 mayors who have formed a coalition, and many governor thes have come together -- governors have come together with commitments to curb carbon emissions. renales like the northeast and in the northwest. they have set their own standards. they're not waiting for the federal government. individual cities are committing to drastic cuts in electricity...
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what are your sources telling you about his whereabouts. >> he's here in the united states. i'm told he's not in florida where his home is. >> not in rehab. >> and reports that he's in some sex clinic i'm being told by family and friends, that's not true, either. tiger will reveal himself when he wants to. at this point i think this is an interesting example of a team completely losing control of a situation and quickly getting it back. when we see tiger again, i suspect it will be 100% of his own doing, not a paparazzi photo. >> over the weekend, we learned that at&t has ended its relationship with tiger woods. is there concern from his camp that as we've seen more of these responderships start to drop off that this is going to add up? >> the at&t sponsor, that didn't come in the midst of the flurry of the people dropping their sponsorship. it came after we had heard some of them. it was surprising and it did raise the extra question. and "golf digest" saying they were going to distance themselves from a very pricey contract they had with tiger. i don't think you're going t
what are your sources telling you about his whereabouts. >> he's here in the united states. i'm told he's not in florida where his home is. >> not in rehab. >> and reports that he's in some sex clinic i'm being told by family and friends, that's not true, either. tiger will reveal himself when he wants to. at this point i think this is an interesting example of a team completely losing control of a situation and quickly getting it back. when we see tiger again, i suspect it...
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according to fincen, mortgage fraud is one of the fastest-growing white-collar crimes of the united states. for '06 to '07 florida held a dubious decision of breaking first in the nation in mortgage fraud. according to the mortgage asset research institute, otherwise known as mara, miami-dade county leads the state and incidence of mortgage fraud and ranks in the top five major metropolitan areas hit by that crime. the number of suspicious activity reports from financial institutions reported by fincen more than tripled from all four windows over 17000, to over 64000 in 2008, and it is closing in on 70000 in 2009. mari estimates that 70 to 80 percent of all those foreclosures contain some type of mortgage fraud so it seems clear that foreclosures in mortgage fraud are intertwined to some degree. in both '07 and '08 florida ranks second in the nation in foreclosures with miami-dade again been hardest hit area in the state. traditionally the fbi and the hud inspector general's office handled mortgage fraud investigations. in many areas the fbi's threshold for handling these cases is set at c
according to fincen, mortgage fraud is one of the fastest-growing white-collar crimes of the united states. for '06 to '07 florida held a dubious decision of breaking first in the nation in mortgage fraud. according to the mortgage asset research institute, otherwise known as mara, miami-dade county leads the state and incidence of mortgage fraud and ranks in the top five major metropolitan areas hit by that crime. the number of suspicious activity reports from financial institutions reported...
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that willÑi take us throughout e united states. as we do that, we'll have more opportunities to educate the american people about what it is we do at this department. a great friend of mine is senator daniel in a waouye. his story is a remarkable story that i have heard with tears in my eyes. he and a group of 01 americans of japanese descent -- a group of all white and americans of japanese descent decided -- a decided --hawaiian americans were told that they could not join because they were japanese. ñrhe went on to form what becama battalion, and that battalion was finally recognized by president roosevelt in an executive order that allowed them to defend the united states of america. in being a member of that battalion, he received a medal of honor. even today, it is the unit of the american military that has received more medals of honor than any other single unit. it started out with several thousand people and by the end of the war there were only a few hundred people still alive. in his visits over here to the department o
that willÑi take us throughout e united states. as we do that, we'll have more opportunities to educate the american people about what it is we do at this department. a great friend of mine is senator daniel in a waouye. his story is a remarkable story that i have heard with tears in my eyes. he and a group of 01 americans of japanese descent -- a group of all white and americans of japanese descent decided -- a decided --hawaiian americans were told that they could not join because they were...
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. >> some unbelievable scenes playing out across the eastern united states. it's like somebody left the door open to the arctic. when forecasters are saying temperatures could come back to normal. >>> the people who once wanted to adropt a missing 3-year-old boy spoke with hln. what they say they did to help police find gabriel johnson. >>> a mystery in san francisco may have been solved hundreds of miles away where experts say scores of sea lions have turned up, and why. >>> record breaking cold across the country today. you're watching "hln news and views." i'm general jennifer westhoven, thanks for joining us. the icy roads caused many car accidents, even this massive pileup. 300 crashes were reported in one georgia county alone. driving is even more difficult further north thanks to all the snow. snow plows worked in hammond, indiana, to clear out the road but some people took to shovels to dig themselves out. >> i prefer sunnier skies, but you know, you got to do what you got to do when you live in the midwest and dealing with this weather. i'm -- usuall
. >> some unbelievable scenes playing out across the eastern united states. it's like somebody left the door open to the arctic. when forecasters are saying temperatures could come back to normal. >>> the people who once wanted to adropt a missing 3-year-old boy spoke with hln. what they say they did to help police find gabriel johnson. >>> a mystery in san francisco may have been solved hundreds of miles away where experts say scores of sea lions have turned up, and...
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that was an effort of a person sent here to commit military act against the united states. the polls were overwhelming, rasmussen was 72% wanting him tried in military court can, on top of what happened in new york, with khalid sheikh mohammed in new york. i don't know. the mixed signals are here are bothering the american people. >> it's not exactly easing the terrorist threat. >> no. the problem what we're learning is that being nice to them is not working. >> neil: patrick, good to see you. pat caddell. revenge of the nerds washington style. the washington director on a roll with the ladies. is that a geek game changer? the most famous nerd ever lewis from "revenge of the nerds" is best. guess what else? plus-size model is turning heads here and everywhere. @' >>> people just you just like you're in high school. >> ogre! ogre! >> nerds! nerds! >> ogre, ogre! >> where are they? >> i think they're talking about us. >>> no way! >> neil: it's me. i was so intrigued by this story. are the nerds finally getting their revenge? white house budget director peter orszag has all of
that was an effort of a person sent here to commit military act against the united states. the polls were overwhelming, rasmussen was 72% wanting him tried in military court can, on top of what happened in new york, with khalid sheikh mohammed in new york. i don't know. the mixed signals are here are bothering the american people. >> it's not exactly easing the terrorist threat. >> no. the problem what we're learning is that being nice to them is not working. >> neil: patrick,...
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going all the way up to the united states supreme court it was resolved earlier this year. so the occ was well aware and we did obviously make the occ aware that we were looking into not just their lending practices that other practices of the lenders in an effort to combat the erosion of underwriting standards. they just had a different agenda. >> let me ask you about this notion of a higher payments for riskier loans. that's because what mortgage brokers were being paid higher amounts to peddle these loans or was it that commissions were based on interest rate structures, which by their nature overtime were higher. what was it? tommy the correlation between whiskey lounge, higher payments were making those more attractive for wall street. i want to understand that as best i can. >> ultimately you are looking at the income stream out of that loan. and so the higher the interest rate is the higher the income stream should be. fire those payments will be. and so, brokers as well as loan officers though in-house lenders as well as originators, as well as independent brokers w
going all the way up to the united states supreme court it was resolved earlier this year. so the occ was well aware and we did obviously make the occ aware that we were looking into not just their lending practices that other practices of the lenders in an effort to combat the erosion of underwriting standards. they just had a different agenda. >> let me ask you about this notion of a higher payments for riskier loans. that's because what mortgage brokers were being paid higher amounts...
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which are pending in the united states senate. that is a frustration of the members of the house who worked hard on those pieces of legislation covering broad sections of policy. i mentioned that george washington's theory and the founding father's theory was the senate was to perhaps cool the passions that may be enacted by a body elected every two years. of course, the senate was originally representatives of the states, not of the people. they're now directly elected, of course, starting in the last century. but what they have become very rapidly over the last few years -- and both parties have affected this, but over the last four years, republicans in the senate have grown this to historic proportions in terms of utilization of the filibuster. by geometric progression order of magnitude of the numbers of time cloture needs to be invoked or voted upon. americans are frustrated by that. the majority rules in america. it's one thing to have a considered process. it's another thing to have a broken process. and many of us believe
which are pending in the united states senate. that is a frustration of the members of the house who worked hard on those pieces of legislation covering broad sections of policy. i mentioned that george washington's theory and the founding father's theory was the senate was to perhaps cool the passions that may be enacted by a body elected every two years. of course, the senate was originally representatives of the states, not of the people. they're now directly elected, of course, starting in...
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i want the united states to be what it has always been and that is a leader, the leader when it comes to a clean energy future. that's exactly what this clean energy manufacturing initiative will help us do. it will help close the clean energy gap that's group between america and other nations. through this initiative we're awarding $2.3 billion in tax credits for american manufacturers of clean energy technologies. companies that build wind turbines, produce solar panels and assemble cutting-edge batteries. the initiative we're outlining today will likely generate 17,000 jobs and roughly $5 billion or that will leverage in the private sector investments, could help create tens of thousands of additional jobs. at the same time this initiative will give a much-needed fwooft our manufacturing sector by building new plants or upgrading old ones and will take an important step to meeting the goal of doubling the amount of renewable power we use in the next three years with wind turbines and solar panels built right here in the u.s.a. this is good for middle class families, good for our se
i want the united states to be what it has always been and that is a leader, the leader when it comes to a clean energy future. that's exactly what this clean energy manufacturing initiative will help us do. it will help close the clean energy gap that's group between america and other nations. through this initiative we're awarding $2.3 billion in tax credits for american manufacturers of clean energy technologies. companies that build wind turbines, produce solar panels and assemble...
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>> i hope not, but the fact is the release came out from his attorney who's a former united states attorney for the district of columbia. there's damage control. the problem is especially complicated, t.j., because gilbert has a former -- or a previous weapons conviction which fits into the formula. he may be looking at jail. i think it's very, very serious. >> your prediction -- last thing, your prediction from what you know of this case. what's going to happen to this young fella? >> he's got a problem. might be looking at jail. >> avery freedman, civil rights attorney, one of our legal analysts, always good to have you on. >> good to be with you, t.j. >> kenny, look forward to seeing you back on tnt. you were off this week. right? >> we're back next week. the bowl game was last week, but we'll be back. >> gentlemen, appreciate it. enjoy the rest of your weekend. >>> all right. going to have another check of the morning's big stories at the top of the hour. i switched to a complete multivitamin with more. only one a day women's 50+ advantage... has gingko for memory and concentration. plu
>> i hope not, but the fact is the release came out from his attorney who's a former united states attorney for the district of columbia. there's damage control. the problem is especially complicated, t.j., because gilbert has a former -- or a previous weapons conviction which fits into the formula. he may be looking at jail. i think it's very, very serious. >> your prediction -- last thing, your prediction from what you know of this case. what's going to happen to this young fella?...
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that al qaeda sought to strike american targets in yemen and the united states as well. we had information that this group was working with an individual who was known -- who we now know was the individual involved in the christmas attack. the u.s. government had sufficient information to uncover this plot and disrupt the christmas day attack. our intelligence committee failed to connect the dots which would have placed the suspect on a no-fly list. it was not a failure to collect intelligence but to understand the intelligence we already had. the information was there. the agencies who needed it had access to it. they need to bring it all together. i will accept that intelligent is imperfect by its nature. it is clear that intelligence was thoughtful and analyzed for fully leverage. that is not acceptable. i will not tolerate that. we have learned that quickly piecing together information and taking swift action is critical to staying one step ahead of a nimble adversary. we have to do better and we will do better. we have to do it quickly. american lives are on the lin
that al qaeda sought to strike american targets in yemen and the united states as well. we had information that this group was working with an individual who was known -- who we now know was the individual involved in the christmas attack. the u.s. government had sufficient information to uncover this plot and disrupt the christmas day attack. our intelligence committee failed to connect the dots which would have placed the suspect on a no-fly list. it was not a failure to collect intelligence...
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one closing remarks, what do you think the united states, what was the lesson drawn? >> i think the lesson was already there. it has to do with what we would call in the classroom american exceptional some and what not. this was and the reason truman is in my mind a great man is that he knew some how instinctively certainly no one could tell him this is how americans see themselves. this is how we want to be. this is the way people my age were brought up believing we were. i decided to do this book because of abu ghraib. i lived a lot of places in the world including the middle east and asia and the idea of america being hated in my old age as it were compared to what it was when i was a youth i take almost personally. the berlin airlift is who we are, not the tortures. and i wanted to bring that story out to the extent i can reevaluate who we are, where we came from, what we do and what we don't do and i think that is what was tapped in the american of tom brokaw's america the greatest generation and he talks about considering it not the first battle of the cold war
one closing remarks, what do you think the united states, what was the lesson drawn? >> i think the lesson was already there. it has to do with what we would call in the classroom american exceptional some and what not. this was and the reason truman is in my mind a great man is that he knew some how instinctively certainly no one could tell him this is how americans see themselves. this is how we want to be. this is the way people my age were brought up believing we were. i decided to do...
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it's been a tremendous diplomacy black eye for the united states for years. but i don't think it's viable to return the yemenis in particular to their own governments. we have to come up with another solution and probably that means some form of military commissions holding them outside the federal criminal justice system. i do not believe moat of these people can be prosecuted successfully, particularly since many were maltreated while in u.s. custody, and we don't have adequate chain of custody of evidence. >> general mccaffrey, thanks so much. it's good to see you. >> good to be with you, chris. >>> for more on the investigation into the christmas day plot, plus how some are questioning the worth of pat-down searches at the airport, head to our website, msnbc.com. >>> other big stories we have been following for you this morning, serious snowfall expected in the midwest over the next couple of days. lake-effect snow could drop 10 to 14 inches of snow in areas east of cleveland. nbc meteorologist bill karins following the forecast for us today. bill, what d
it's been a tremendous diplomacy black eye for the united states for years. but i don't think it's viable to return the yemenis in particular to their own governments. we have to come up with another solution and probably that means some form of military commissions holding them outside the federal criminal justice system. i do not believe moat of these people can be prosecuted successfully, particularly since many were maltreated while in u.s. custody, and we don't have adequate chain of...
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he served in the united states army for 27 years. the attack was the deadliest one for americans in afghanistan since eight soldiers were killed in an insurgent attack on the base in the east in october 3. >>> more now on the fallout from the president's review of the break down that occurred which allowed a nigerian national to board a plane bound for the u.s. with explosives in his clothing. the at acknowledging the buck stops with him. but there is only so much he can do. he plans to give part of the task of diagnosing the failures to the intelligence advisory board. let's bring in neil livingston, a terrorism expert. thank you very much for talking to us. so what will be first on the blue ribbon's panel agenda with regard to addressing the intel failures that led to the foiled terrorist attack on christmas? >> this is kind of like day gentleman view. we've had a lot of panels already. i'm not sure we really need another one to go through this because it's fairly obvious where the breakdowns occurred and the president has identifi
he served in the united states army for 27 years. the attack was the deadliest one for americans in afghanistan since eight soldiers were killed in an insurgent attack on the base in the east in october 3. >>> more now on the fallout from the president's review of the break down that occurred which allowed a nigerian national to board a plane bound for the u.s. with explosives in his clothing. the at acknowledging the buck stops with him. but there is only so much he can do. he plans...
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and the united states reaffirmed the removal of all restrictions on communications much as partitions and trade between west berlin and western zones of germany. >> attention, attention we have a communique about the lifting of the berlin blockade. there was officially announced by the big four powers at 3:00 this afternoon that the blockade will be lifted on may 12th >> men's lives the gates are being opened now and the first vehicles are going. they seem rather happy about the whole thing. no matter where i may go i shall watch always with interest the part of berlin will play in the formation of a german government and with complete confidence that this part will be a democratic party. therefore i shall not use the english word goodbye but rather try to say to you men's lives. >> her earlier general lucius clay, when he left berlin at the end of the airlift 750,000 people lined the route to tempelhof airport silently as he left the city. >> this was remarkable seeing the scenes of berlin. one of the scenes there was a man announcing the news on the street corner. was this? >> it wa
and the united states reaffirmed the removal of all restrictions on communications much as partitions and trade between west berlin and western zones of germany. >> attention, attention we have a communique about the lifting of the berlin blockade. there was officially announced by the big four powers at 3:00 this afternoon that the blockade will be lifted on may 12th >> men's lives the gates are being opened now and the first vehicles are going. they seem rather happy about the...
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and to make the united states the world leader. in the decades since, our nation's development efforts have helped eradicate smallpox and reduce polio and river blindness. we have helped save millions of lives through immunizations and made oral rehydration therapy available globally, greatly reducing infant deaths. we have helped educate millions of young people. we have provided significant support to countries that have flourished in a number of sectors, including economic growth, health, and good governance -- countries like south korea, thailand, mozambique, botswana, rwanda, and gone up. -- ghana. and we have supplied humanitarian aid to countries on every confidence in the wake of hurricanes, earthquakes, famines, floods, and other disasters. americans can and do take pride in these achievements which have not only helped humanity but also helped our nation project our values and strengthen our leadership in the world. these efforts have not been the work of government alone. most people do not realize that we contribute les
and to make the united states the world leader. in the decades since, our nation's development efforts have helped eradicate smallpox and reduce polio and river blindness. we have helped save millions of lives through immunizations and made oral rehydration therapy available globally, greatly reducing infant deaths. we have helped educate millions of young people. we have provided significant support to countries that have flourished in a number of sectors, including economic growth, health,...
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not just for the prosecution in the united states, but also for intelligence officials trying to figure out if there are more like him here in yemen or elsewhere. >> yeah. sounds like it's going to be difficult, though. paula newton joining us live. thank you. >>> we want to get back to a breaking story we told you about at the top of the hour. this tape we're now getting a look at left behind by the double agent who is suspected of blowing himself up and killing several cia operatives and jordanians in khost in afghanistan, nic robertson live. nic, hello to you. where is this tape coming from? why is the world getting a chance to look at this now? >> reporter: well, it's been disseminated by the pakistani taliban. the leader of the pakistani taliban is sitting next to the alleged bomber and killer of the cia operatives in afghanistan. we've talked to the family. they say it is definitely him. but the message is a direct putdown to jordanian intelligence and the cia because the doctor felt directly that he is not about to sell his faith. and this is a clear indication that perhaps these
not just for the prosecution in the united states, but also for intelligence officials trying to figure out if there are more like him here in yemen or elsewhere. >> yeah. sounds like it's going to be difficult, though. paula newton joining us live. thank you. >>> we want to get back to a breaking story we told you about at the top of the hour. this tape we're now getting a look at left behind by the double agent who is suspected of blowing himself up and killing several cia...
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croix, united states virgin islands, and for other purposes. and for consideration of the bill h.r. 4474, to authorize the continued use of search and water diversion located on national forest system land in the frank church river of no return wilderness and the sellway bitterroot wil wildernen the state of idaho and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered precipitationed. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on the motions to suspend the rules previously postponed. voteslike taken in the following order -- votes will be takened in to thing order. house resolution 990 by the yeas and nays. house resolution 1011 by the yeas and nays. and house resolution 1003 by the yeas and nays. proceedings on the house resolutions 1024 will resume later this week. first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. the remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote of the motion of the gentlewoman from california, ms. woolsey,
croix, united states virgin islands, and for other purposes. and for consideration of the bill h.r. 4474, to authorize the continued use of search and water diversion located on national forest system land in the frank church river of no return wilderness and the sellway bitterroot wil wildernen the state of idaho and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered precipitationed. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on the motions to...
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united states. i want to dwell on that term for just a moment. congress' fiduciary responsibility. that sounds laughable today. but to the framers of our constitution, the term congress' fiduciary responsibility wasn't a punchline, it was a bedrock principle. it's high time we restored and respected that principle. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield back. the gentleman from washington reserves. the gentleman from west virginia is recognized. mr. rahall: it's my honor to now yield to another co-sponsor of this legislation and a valued member of our committee on natural resources, the gentleman from new mexico, mr. heinrich, such time he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new mexico is recognized. mr. heinrich: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, chairman. the taos pueblo indian water right settlement act is critically important to taos pueblo and for that matter all of northern new mexico. i want to thank my colleague, representative ben ray lujan for his
united states. i want to dwell on that term for just a moment. congress' fiduciary responsibility. that sounds laughable today. but to the framers of our constitution, the term congress' fiduciary responsibility wasn't a punchline, it was a bedrock principle. it's high time we restored and respected that principle. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield back. the gentleman from washington reserves. the gentleman from west virginia is recognized. mr. rahall: it's my honor to...
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in the united states we have the high-paying jobs here in the united states. host: how can this be done? caller: i am not certain about how you can do this. it seems that corporate america would rather pay the lower costs, then keeping the labor here in the united states. the government may be able to find a way to keep these jobs here in the united states. host: thank you very much. the "richmond times dispatch." they have a report on the comeback of the stock market, and how the seemed unimaginable. that is one take on the economy. baltimore, you are up right now. how are you doing? caller: i would say the number one policy issue for me is afghanistan. and there is the economy and jobs. i have done quite a bit of reading. this is reminding me of vietnam. i think that this is taking so many resources from the country and it will be hard to address any other problem. we are approaching this in the middle east, and this is not helping to solve the problems over there. more money should be devoted to domestic problems. i would like to see a lot done with public
in the united states we have the high-paying jobs here in the united states. host: how can this be done? caller: i am not certain about how you can do this. it seems that corporate america would rather pay the lower costs, then keeping the labor here in the united states. the government may be able to find a way to keep these jobs here in the united states. host: thank you very much. the "richmond times dispatch." they have a report on the comeback of the stock market, and how the...
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states and the united states government. we are moving this as quickly as is possible. we are moving aggressively, with all assets available to this gunman. we are saving lives and beginning a recovery. but to put this in focus, there is one airport. the entire world is trying to get help. we are only able to land because of one apron in the airport, one taxiway, 28 aircraft a day from all over the world. that includes the united nations trying to resupply their people. that includes the ability to refurbish and try to get back on its feet 7000 folks on the ground. we're able to get yesterday 17 airframes. we have capacity for 700. so i want the american people to understand that we are here in the position of trying to help another country, going by, as we should, their priority. they are telling us what they want is first. so the first question is why didn't you send in 81st airborne? because we're being told that now what we need, and we know what they need. search and rescue teams. if secretary geithner teams in, these a
states and the united states government. we are moving this as quickly as is possible. we are moving aggressively, with all assets available to this gunman. we are saving lives and beginning a recovery. but to put this in focus, there is one airport. the entire world is trying to get help. we are only able to land because of one apron in the airport, one taxiway, 28 aircraft a day from all over the world. that includes the united nations trying to resupply their people. that includes the...
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that will take us throughout the united states. as we do that, we will have more opportunities to educate the american people about what it is that we do in this department. a great friend of mine is senator inuit who is 84-years old. this story is a wonderful story that i have heard firstç hand, sometimes with tears in my eyes. i hear him recountzv what happed to him after the japanese bombed pearl harbor. y:s÷Ñhew3 and a group of homeld americans of japanese descent decided -- a group of hawaiian americans decided to join the army to defend the americans against the horrific attack. mythey were told they could not join because they were japanese. he went on to form what became a battalion, and that a battalion was finally recognized by president roosevelt in an executive order that allowed them to defend the united states of america. he, and leading that battalion received a medal of honor. even today it is the unit of the american military that has received more medal of honor is than any other single unit. to start out wi
that will take us throughout the united states. as we do that, we will have more opportunities to educate the american people about what it is that we do in this department. a great friend of mine is senator inuit who is 84-years old. this story is a wonderful story that i have heard firstç hand, sometimes with tears in my eyes. i hear him recountzv what happed to him after the japanese bombed pearl harbor. y:s÷Ñhew3 and a group of homeld americans of japanese descent decided -- a group of...
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health insurance companies in the united states. that would seem to be a lot of competition to me to have 1,300 health insurance companies to have the federal government create one more company, the federal government, as big as it is, then we would have 1,301 companies in the united states selling health insurance. how many policy varieties do we have? well, madam speaker, that number falls in the area of 100,000 possible policy varieties out there in the market plates. 1,300 companies and 100,000 policies to choose from if you could buy from across state lines. that would be too much liberty for an american to have. so instead, he would want to impose a single payer and said he was for single payer plan which would be a federal health insurance plan to supplant or replace all 1,300 companies and 100,000 companies with the beautiful federal government offerings that would be adequate for anybody in america and satisfy all of us if we just weren't enlightened yet seems to be the message we are hearing from the white house. we find o
health insurance companies in the united states. that would seem to be a lot of competition to me to have 1,300 health insurance companies to have the federal government create one more company, the federal government, as big as it is, then we would have 1,301 companies in the united states selling health insurance. how many policy varieties do we have? well, madam speaker, that number falls in the area of 100,000 possible policy varieties out there in the market plates. 1,300 companies and...
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and get this person got a temporary visa to be here in the united states for two your period. there are already existing regulations in the state department in federal law that flag this kind of person as someone who should not be getting a visa in this country. but there is a knee-jerk opposition to profiling of any kind. it is not simply racial or ethnic profiling. it has to do with a certain behavior the personally certain type of class profile. this is a theme of both innovation and in defense of internment. we have to be very precise and specific about what we mean when we say profiling. both of those books go into great detail. >> you wrote invasion in 2002. what has changed? are we still stovepipesing information? >> if you listen to all the intelligence officials over the last week and the weekend, it has become the case that we are doing more of the collecting of the ducks but the connecting is incomplete. i went into great detail about how we already had many existing databases in place but there was so much territorialism and the fbi does not want to share its stuff
and get this person got a temporary visa to be here in the united states for two your period. there are already existing regulations in the state department in federal law that flag this kind of person as someone who should not be getting a visa in this country. but there is a knee-jerk opposition to profiling of any kind. it is not simply racial or ethnic profiling. it has to do with a certain behavior the personally certain type of class profile. this is a theme of both innovation and in...
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>> i was a civil affairs officer for 23 years and lieutenant colonel in the united states military. doing this sort of work myself in uniform. so i participated in the reconstruction of kuwait after the first gulf war as executive officer of the unit. so the military, the officers at the working level, they all cooperate. none of them complain. i think they have a sense of accomplishment in this. >> lehrer: did you feel any frustration on the piece of tape where the u.s. navy officer at the airport was asked by the reporter from i.t.n., hey, you've got all these supplies. there's a hospital down across the road and you can't get those supplies to them. why not? he said, i'm sorry. somebody else is is deciding all of that. >> there is a system for deciding that. it's called the incident response system. u.s.a.i.d. has used it for 30 years. the u.s. military uses it. that system has been set up. it will function but it takes a few days for all that system to be put in place. >> lehrer: has that been explained well to people? i mean i'm talking about american people as well as the hait
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in the united states are higher than anywhere else in the world. it is genuinely clean diesel that you experience when you buy a diesel car the united states. it is a standard that will be adopted in europe in about five years' time. host: as you attend the washington auto show, you mentioned you want to hear more about the government's message beyond 20 -- 2016 when the new fuel standards will take effect. have you talked to members of congress? what other areas are you interested in? guest: the big issue is what will be the technology that will win? . i don't think you should favor any particular technology. you should examine them all. we want to see what the consumer wants and what the marketplace is there are too many people trying to hang their hat on electric cars, for example, or a hybrid, or diesel, or the combustion engine. item which be willing to review things. the way technology is moving today, who knows what will happen in three or four years' time? host: we hear from groton, connecticut, on the independent line. caller: what has tak
in the united states are higher than anywhere else in the world. it is genuinely clean diesel that you experience when you buy a diesel car the united states. it is a standard that will be adopted in europe in about five years' time. host: as you attend the washington auto show, you mentioned you want to hear more about the government's message beyond 20 -- 2016 when the new fuel standards will take effect. have you talked to members of congress? what other areas are you interested in? guest:...
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a record every single call in the united states. that is obviously counterproductive. that puts more hay on the stack when what we need as you said, is to have less say on the staff to find the needle within. we need to strike the right balance is seems to me. we can do that but we can have perfectly good and we can have perfect liberty in the age of terror. >> does an extremely important point that clark is made. at how much security, as you phrase, clark, how much is our security improved at the price of come in what you elaborate on the price of personal liberties. we can expand that way of thinking about any kind of counterterrorist measure, and say how much security do we want at the price, it might be privacy, it might be personal liberty, it might be the convenience of the traveling public. at my be monetary cost. and often is monetary cost. it might be cost in blood and treasure for military operations overseas, as in afghanistan. the question ought to be asked in each one of these endeavors if it is being conducted in the n
a record every single call in the united states. that is obviously counterproductive. that puts more hay on the stack when what we need as you said, is to have less say on the staff to find the needle within. we need to strike the right balance is seems to me. we can do that but we can have perfectly good and we can have perfect liberty in the age of terror. >> does an extremely important point that clark is made. at how much security, as you phrase, clark, how much is our security...
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. >> and redesign and reconstruction of how we deliver primary secondary education in the united states. and that's exactly what this panel is going to be discussing. very interesting papers on exactly that point by john child and steve wilson. and to inspire discuss, michael podgursky and michelle mclaughlin. and without further ado let me just say the presenters have 12 minutes each. to discuss 10 minutes each and if everybody is brisket we will have time for some conversation and discussion. take it away, john chubb. >> good morning. this morning and in the first tell you heard about mostly operational savings. now were going to switch to the topic of educational opportunities. the country for the last two years has been going through the worst recession since the great depression. and every industry has been under enormous, enormous pressure to change. education is not unique in that regard. i want to start with an example to illustrate this. the state of hawaii, like many other, every other state in the nation has been under enormous pressure to try to do with its budget gaps. it c
. >> and redesign and reconstruction of how we deliver primary secondary education in the united states. and that's exactly what this panel is going to be discussing. very interesting papers on exactly that point by john child and steve wilson. and to inspire discuss, michael podgursky and michelle mclaughlin. and without further ado let me just say the presenters have 12 minutes each. to discuss 10 minutes each and if everybody is brisket we will have time for some conversation and...
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states of being tried here in the united states. richard reed, the shoe bomber. this isn't as if it's the first time anything like this happened. and, of course, the rules are even though they are now proceeding in the civil courts, they can always draw back and drop into -- and fall into the category of war criminals if, in fact, the choice is made. just because they are going forward in this manner today doesn't mean they can't drop back in some other manner at some subsequent time. so -- and i would say, even though i don't like to discuss what went on in a closed briefing in a classified setting, i was there from the very beginning to the very end of mr. brennan's presentation, and i never heard him refuse to answer. in fact, he answered the question that was asked in a number of different ways by my friend, the republican leader, and another republican senator. so if there are any questions about anything that mr. brennan had to say, i would hope that those questions would be asked to him directly. we have had some open hearing
states of being tried here in the united states. richard reed, the shoe bomber. this isn't as if it's the first time anything like this happened. and, of course, the rules are even though they are now proceeding in the civil courts, they can always draw back and drop into -- and fall into the category of war criminals if, in fact, the choice is made. just because they are going forward in this manner today doesn't mean they can't drop back in some other manner at some subsequent time. so -- and...
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as citizens of the united states, united states of america, we need to be vigilant. we need to pay attention to what is going on around us. we need to watch and listen. host: let's begin with air marshals not allowed on airplanes overseas. guest: air marshals are allowed, and they routinely do fly. if i'm correct, they generally fly on american carriers. that may be the only limitation. it is up to foreign governments to provide security on foreign carriers. they do not speak publicly very much about their operations. air marshals are very much on flights coming from overseas. they recognize that is perhaps the more severe threat, incoming flights. they're not on every flight, but they are on a lot more than they were right before christmas. in situations where foreign governorgovernments have said t- and the u.s. does have the authority to say to a carrier that you cannot fly to the u.s. because of concerns about security. for example, if it is not sufficient at an airport, they can block flights for that city. that does not often occur, but they do have that power.
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it is in use already in airports around the united states. we need to deploy the more widely as well. so technology is a critical part of the solution, but not the only part, of course. >> does it mean putting more money in this area? is there anything else that is a hurdle to keep us from being safe technologiwise? >> alex, the bad news is we'll never be 100% safe. we're sitting around talking about this as the federal government is spending millions and billions of dollars there are terrorists sitting around campfires coming up with new ways. we saw this guy a couple of weeks ago on christmas day have an explosive device concealed in part of his, it looks like, his genitalia and he was able to get on the plane. people have been smuggling drugs and diamonds and things like that but putting them in a balloon, swallowing them and retrer retrieving that at some later pont. every time we think of something, they come up with one more way to challenge us. we have got to get a step ahead of them, not a step behind them, but it is all of the person
it is in use already in airports around the united states. we need to deploy the more widely as well. so technology is a critical part of the solution, but not the only part, of course. >> does it mean putting more money in this area? is there anything else that is a hurdle to keep us from being safe technologiwise? >> alex, the bad news is we'll never be 100% safe. we're sitting around talking about this as the federal government is spending millions and billions of dollars there...
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in the united states. every president in the middle east there is for lies. the problem is not to rid al qaeda. everybody looks up to the united states and wishing united states can change that system to make a free democracy so every country. yemen, tomorrow. so mall you. if you remember, all these leaders is dictators and they have a benefit from having organization like this going to keep democracy against them. we need democracy and liberty from the middle east from the leaders not from the people. you watch and see what will be. unfortunately, people in america don't realize it's the true picture in the middle east. not just saudi arabia but all middle east. host: where are you from originally? caller: i was born in egypt but i fought against russia in afghanistan and i don't realize all this is political to me. the problem truly believe me is the leader in those country. presidents are not for democracy. host ho thanks with the call. this weekend "new york times," a list of reuben writing in a clear
in the united states. every president in the middle east there is for lies. the problem is not to rid al qaeda. everybody looks up to the united states and wishing united states can change that system to make a free democracy so every country. yemen, tomorrow. so mall you. if you remember, all these leaders is dictators and they have a benefit from having organization like this going to keep democracy against them. we need democracy and liberty from the middle east from the leaders not from the...
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the united states, hawaii is the best place. >> reporter: the promise of sunshine year round has not been enough to save the state's once booming tourism industry. now state officials look to president obama's hawaiian vacation to bring in much needed revenue. >> we depend mostly on tourism for our economy. and when the tourism went down, it affected everyone. >> reporter: marsha, the state tourism liaison, says it accounts for 25 of the economy and declined in the last two years for a loss of nearly $3 billion. now with an unemployment rate of 7%, and a budget shortfall expected to reach $1.2 billion by the end of 2010, state officials are looking for ways to cut. one proposal is to mandate furlough dates for teachers and cut the number of school days. but she says reviving tourism is the ultimate key to rebuilding the state's economy and she welcomes the free publicity that comes along with a presidential visit. >> all of the images that have been shown throughout the world, because of his visit here, is going to help hawaii immensely as we move forward to put that desire in people
the united states, hawaii is the best place. >> reporter: the promise of sunshine year round has not been enough to save the state's once booming tourism industry. now state officials look to president obama's hawaiian vacation to bring in much needed revenue. >> we depend mostly on tourism for our economy. and when the tourism went down, it affected everyone. >> reporter: marsha, the state tourism liaison, says it accounts for 25 of the economy and declined in the last two...
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there were actually invented in the united states. -- they were actually invented in the united states. all of the vehicle manufacturers are spending an enormous amount of time on the component and of this to take cost out, to take weight out because weight is very important in creating optimal energy and so forth. you've also got some very good technology companies who have been attracted to this particular game in order to provide what they think are bad -- or better mousetraps. host: nick on the republican line in florida. caller: i've got a question about how accurate at all this information is that has been forced to the automakers about efficiency, cost and so on. what i know, talking to german people in engineering -- they have a successful engineering staff in germany -- and also here and so on. this technology is nothing new. we built the first electric battery in 1962. we did a hybrid in 1967. this technology is not brand new technology. we developed this in the 1960's. german companies to the same thing. and what it did, this amount of r&d is not cost-effective. the harvard
there were actually invented in the united states. -- they were actually invented in the united states. all of the vehicle manufacturers are spending an enormous amount of time on the component and of this to take cost out, to take weight out because weight is very important in creating optimal energy and so forth. you've also got some very good technology companies who have been attracted to this particular game in order to provide what they think are bad -- or better mousetraps. host: nick on...
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one, getting the united states to look with a greater appreciation that the right to water. i was wondering, are there other, and finished policy pieces? that if you had a comprehensive focus, it would indicate that you might like to see it fleshed out more in a future work on water? >> ok, let's address these questions. one of them was on encouraging women's empowerment. another was on the affected population growth and the fact that water was a limited resource. and then there was a question of other policy issues that needed more working out with regards to this issue. hello? >> i will take a crack at the issue. first of all, i notice that we are all white males. i am sure that some of you also notice this as well. in our development efforts, we would try different attempts at bringing women into the roles. we would always funded drinking water committees. we would gather them after they left. at times we would try different approaches. we would try to use our leverage to enforce it. we would what women of the committees. some of the communities would respond by doing it
one, getting the united states to look with a greater appreciation that the right to water. i was wondering, are there other, and finished policy pieces? that if you had a comprehensive focus, it would indicate that you might like to see it fleshed out more in a future work on water? >> ok, let's address these questions. one of them was on encouraging women's empowerment. another was on the affected population growth and the fact that water was a limited resource. and then there was a...
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what can the united states do. we have a democratic president, lots of people are incredibly excited about him. 's middle east policies look very familiar to the last regime. so is the united states, what can the united states do about questions of governance in the middle east? because there's a tremendous amount of wealth in the middle east. is a tremendous amount of private capital in the middle east. what can we do so that our president takes a lead, not only vis-À-vis israel and egypt, but also some of these large economic paradigms that are not working so well here recently, and we have a situation in the middle east where young people are not a bomb, young people are not necessary going to become extremists. our concern about this is not just about young people becoming terrorist. and i think it's really important that there are fundamental issues that we have to talk about and not talk about our interest in that question, just because of this notion of suicide bombers. . . i couldn't agree with you more. w
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those on the no-fly list are barred from boarding aircraft headed for the united states." how are they going to make that determination on who heads from which list? is there a specific criteria? guest: there is a specific set of criteria, the question that many people who are skeptics, like i am, but as this is how did that happen? çóhow did it suddenly become dozens of names being mgv d from one database to a more stringent database? why did that not happen earlier? what new criteria or information have you discovered that made you move those people's names over? is it just a political issue? did you try to make sure that you covered all the bases and so on? i do not think that the explanation of what occurred is forthcoming from the administration and i think that a lot of people should ask the question of what the criteria is in order to move those people over. host: virginia beach, virginia. democratic line. good morning, welcome to "the washington journal." caller: i would like to comment on homeland security. and i think that there was a break and probably homelan
those on the no-fly list are barred from boarding aircraft headed for the united states." how are they going to make that determination on who heads from which list? is there a specific criteria? guest: there is a specific set of criteria, the question that many people who are skeptics, like i am, but as this is how did that happen? çóhow did it suddenly become dozens of names being mgv d from one database to a more stringent database? why did that not happen earlier? what new criteria...
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that's commonplace in the united states senate. harder to do in the house, i tell you. they're strict, and what this does is bolster majority rule principle that i mentioned earlier. because you can't offer, you know, a banking amendment to an ag bill. you're on ag, and that's what you stay on. so it strengthens the agenda role of the speaker, strengthens, of course, the committee pro rag actives. this is the subject, that's the subject we're on. we're want going deal with nonrelevant issues. yes, ma'am? >> you highlighted several points of entry in the process, some of them more substantive and more comp-temp baseÑi and h other points that are a little bit more prui1jez terms of where lobbyists can enter into the process so. in terms of the cap and trade bill moving forward for the side for and against the bill, where do you see lobbyists' efforts going? are they going to be more substantive or procedural on both the democrat and republican side? >> well, that is a good question. you know, i wish i had a crystal ball and could can answer it directly. is it sounds like
that's commonplace in the united states senate. harder to do in the house, i tell you. they're strict, and what this does is bolster majority rule principle that i mentioned earlier. because you can't offer, you know, a banking amendment to an ag bill. you're on ag, and that's what you stay on. so it strengthens the agenda role of the speaker, strengthens, of course, the committee pro rag actives. this is the subject, that's the subject we're on. we're want going deal with nonrelevant issues....
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states in order t avoid the tax. >> woouff: let me pick up on one of those points and me back to felix salmon. yosay a lot of these banks are mang money but he's saying there really not as strong internally as it appes that they are. they're rely not in any sort of shape to taken these additial fees or taxes. if you asked the banks that's cometely untrue. if you ask t treasury, mpletely untrue because they have repaid all of them prty ch have repaid the tarp funds that they took from e government. the on reason that the government let therepay that money is bause they put their... ty made sure that these bas are well capitalized, highly solven there weret any problems the banks. if only in theake of those , if onlin the wake of the nks are showing that they're rich enough and wealthy enou to be able to pay all this money that the governmt is saying now you can afford pay us back a t more. >> woodruff: what about at? the reon that the banks have been able repay the money is bause they've raised a lot of additionacapital from stockholders and much of tt capital build-up is rough capital
states in order t avoid the tax. >> woouff: let me pick up on one of those points and me back to felix salmon. yosay a lot of these banks are mang money but he's saying there really not as strong internally as it appes that they are. they're rely not in any sort of shape to taken these additial fees or taxes. if you asked the banks that's cometely untrue. if you ask t treasury, mpletely untrue because they have repaid all of them prty ch have repaid the tarp funds that they took from e...
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states wants because the united states gets what they want. i'm a terrorist and all the united states citizens are terrorists. are you there? >> guest: i'm here. >> caller: go ahead. >> host: no, he's gone. >> guest: what i was pointing to is the -- is the political nature of this. i mean, cuba is a big issue especially in florida where i lived for a long time. and so, you know, it's something that, you know, is always going to add a few complications to something like this. i think the government -- the administration certainly looked at this and decided to go the safe route and add cuba in there. >> host: what's the difference between a terrorist watch list and a no-fly list? and why wouldn't they just put everybody on the terrorist list on the terrorist watch list on the no-fly list? >> guest: you know, that's a good question. i think there's been a lot of -- a lot of examination now of exactly what these different lists include. the way -- the way the government explains it is, there's a larger database, which has got 550,000 people on the
states wants because the united states gets what they want. i'm a terrorist and all the united states citizens are terrorists. are you there? >> guest: i'm here. >> caller: go ahead. >> host: no, he's gone. >> guest: what i was pointing to is the -- is the political nature of this. i mean, cuba is a big issue especially in florida where i lived for a long time. and so, you know, it's something that, you know, is always going to add a few complications to something like...
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., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker: the house will come to order. the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, rabbi galstein. the chaplain: our god and god of all of all of our ancestors, we ask that the light of your presence guide the hearts and linds of the leaders of this great nation gathered here today. may the wisdom of your teachings guide them to act for justice and to lift up the stranger, the orphan and the widow. open the hearts of our leaders with your compassion. help them to lead with integrity always remembering that your wisdom resides in every heart as the deepest truth of our humanity. may our leaders always remember that your guidance is not in the heavens alone nor far beyond the seas but within each of us, in our mouths and in our hearts to carry into action in the world. may our leaders, therefore, serve as beacons
., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker: the house will come to order. the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, rabbi galstein. the chaplain: our god and god of all of all of our ancestors, we ask that the light of your presence guide the hearts and linds of the leaders of this great...
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we were not necessarily holding out the united states as a model, nor were we saying the united states has done everything wrong and you should not do what we do. so the implementation issues are what seem to be striking a lot of questions with them, and they were very interested to learn more about how would we in this country implement some of the programs and how some of the problems were identified. >> audience questions? the man in the blue-ma'am, in the blue coat? we have a microphone, over. >> this to answer your question that you would just getting at -- what we have seen in the discussion with different countries, i have seen three sort of reactions orq differences. the first one is values, the second one is implementation. the third is influence. values -- there is a difference between the u.s. in perceptions of fairness and why are people pour? in the u.s., where you have a bottle of individual effort and the focus on work, about 2/3 of the population, according to these surveys, believe that the poor are poor because they are essentially lazy, that they are not making the e
we were not necessarily holding out the united states as a model, nor were we saying the united states has done everything wrong and you should not do what we do. so the implementation issues are what seem to be striking a lot of questions with them, and they were very interested to learn more about how would we in this country implement some of the programs and how some of the problems were identified. >> audience questions? the man in the blue-ma'am, in the blue coat? we have a...
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the united states. but back room deal. >> yemen is trying to get rid . >> president obama sanctioned the air strike specifically against alaki who is the iman who is tied to the fort hood shooter and abdullmuttallab . he managed to survive the air strike before christmas. >> and the president wrapped up counter terrorism against yemen and spent 67 million last year alone. five million in 2006 . it is ramped up the president is serious about that and airport security. we are finding out that the pat downs, one of the second screening efforts are effectism. you have an underwear bomber, how in the world is a pat down going to catch something. >> how is it that they are doing it? >> it wouldn't matter in i demonstrate you. >> do i have to do this? >> you cannot board the plane. >> this is all they do. they do the side touching and quick side touch that's it. >> that's it. >> and if the underwear bomber had stuff hidden where -- >> you're dangerous. the point is they are so politically correct, the pat down
the united states. but back room deal. >> yemen is trying to get rid . >> president obama sanctioned the air strike specifically against alaki who is the iman who is tied to the fort hood shooter and abdullmuttallab . he managed to survive the air strike before christmas. >> and the president wrapped up counter terrorism against yemen and spent 67 million last year alone. five million in 2006 . it is ramped up the president is serious about that and airport security. we are...
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these states have a high number -- or a high penetration of assisted living facility units per 100 elderly. and then there are other areas where there are fewer assisted living facilities. where it's texas, new mexico, arizona, west virginia. these states. so substantial variation across states is the first point. the second point is really that there's substantial variation also within states. and this isn't that surprising. the assisted living facilities tend to locate in the more urban and suburban areas and less so in the rural areas and i'll point this out again below. so just to detail very briefly our primary results and there are tables in the paper that detail these more -- more in depth. but the first and very simple result is that assisted living facilities are widespread seniors housing and care option national. we found around 830,000 beds or units nationally. depending on how you count facilities and whether you count small facilities that number could be as large as a million beds. and this is in the context of 1.6 million nursing home beds nationally so it's a large number
these states have a high number -- or a high penetration of assisted living facility units per 100 elderly. and then there are other areas where there are fewer assisted living facilities. where it's texas, new mexico, arizona, west virginia. these states. so substantial variation across states is the first point. the second point is really that there's substantial variation also within states. and this isn't that surprising. the assisted living facilities tend to locate in the more urban and...
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today the united states is the world leader in the wireless broadband. while having less than 7% of the global wireless subscribers the u.s. is home to more than 20% of global treaty subscribers. are 112 million for e.g. subscribers are more than any of the country and more than a third, fourth, fifth and sixth countries combined. additionally the most advanced wireless advises which manufactured by global companies and could be launched anywhere in the world routinely debut and the u.s. marketplace. as a former ntia administrator noted the convergence of mobile wireless services and high-speed internet access and the evolution of handsets from telephones to powerful hand-held computers promises to transform the way we work, learn, deliver health care, manage energy consumption and enhance public safety. the key to translating this promise into reality is access to more spectrum. ctia believes there's an urgent need to identify additional spectrum that can be made available for wireless broadband and other defense wireless services by providing for a com
today the united states is the world leader in the wireless broadband. while having less than 7% of the global wireless subscribers the u.s. is home to more than 20% of global treaty subscribers. are 112 million for e.g. subscribers are more than any of the country and more than a third, fourth, fifth and sixth countries combined. additionally the most advanced wireless advises which manufactured by global companies and could be launched anywhere in the world routinely debut and the u.s....
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that makes it an older nation than the united states. generally speaking, it has had a weak central state, and that -- there is nothing really wrong with that. trying to impose a very top down central state has been part of the problem, i think. related to that, the most popular institution in afghanistan, scoring enormously high numbers is the afghan national army, which is obviously our ticket out, building that up. but when asked which institution you most admire, 82% say the afghan national army, which is seen as not operating in any particular ethnic interest and is seen as an institution that is really doing really good work. the other, and is that afghanistan is too hard or too violent. this is also completely ridiculous. you're more likely to be murdered in the united states in 1991 than in the afghan war today. the murder rate in the united states in 1991, 24,000 murders in 1991 in the u.s. population, let's say, roughly 260 million. last year in the violence in afghanistan, something like 2000 civilians died in the violence. th
that makes it an older nation than the united states. generally speaking, it has had a weak central state, and that -- there is nothing really wrong with that. trying to impose a very top down central state has been part of the problem, i think. related to that, the most popular institution in afghanistan, scoring enormously high numbers is the afghan national army, which is obviously our ticket out, building that up. but when asked which institution you most admire, 82% say the afghan national...
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states could be -- when a possible return to the united states could be accomplished. on a brighter note, naomi, a wichita state graduate, is part of a 21-member team from international lifeline that escaped unhurt and has returned to kansas. then, there is scott and wanda miller of heston, who are now safely home with their null adopted haitian son, 16-year-old junior ornville miller. many others such as jack and amy glover of hays, kansas, are currently in the process of adopting children and waiting news from haiti. even today we put pressure on the department of state to see that this adoption is completed and that their child can be returned to them in the united states. i'm proud to recognize these great individuals and many other kansans who have devoted their lives to the betterment of haiti through many years before the crisis and will do so into the future. it gives me hope to see so many americans and people around the world putting aside cultural, racial and political differences to ban together in our effort to rebuild the damaged nation. all who have dona
states could be -- when a possible return to the united states could be accomplished. on a brighter note, naomi, a wichita state graduate, is part of a 21-member team from international lifeline that escaped unhurt and has returned to kansas. then, there is scott and wanda miller of heston, who are now safely home with their null adopted haitian son, 16-year-old junior ornville miller. many others such as jack and amy glover of hays, kansas, are currently in the process of adopting children and...
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al-qaeda organization have no interest in cooperating with the united states government. in fact, you know, people like richard reid and abdulmutallab, they want to announce their hostility towards our country, our government and our people almost as a badge of honor for themselves. so cooperation is unlikely, you know, based on our historical experiences dealing with the terrorists. in light of that, it becomes even more important to try to gather as much intelligence. to the window of intelligence gathering is oftentimes a very short window as you're looking forward and identifying the breadth of the organization and the depth and the breadth of the plot against our country in our interests. so, you know, hopefully this debate and dialogue is happening within the administration as the president determines who is going to be identified as an enemy combat pant. -- combatant. you know, the courts essentially have recognized the president's power under these circumstances. we are in a war, he is an enemy combatant, he fits the description, and he could be held during the co
al-qaeda organization have no interest in cooperating with the united states government. in fact, you know, people like richard reid and abdulmutallab, they want to announce their hostility towards our country, our government and our people almost as a badge of honor for themselves. so cooperation is unlikely, you know, based on our historical experiences dealing with the terrorists. in light of that, it becomes even more important to try to gather as much intelligence. to the window of...
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does this person, could he become a threat to the united states? and these errors do occur. human errors occur, but i believe end to end, we have a very sound architecture. >> shannon: we've built a much better frame work for intelligence sharing among the different agencies? >> the sharing happens automatically, when a cable comes in at cia, it goes to nctc, if it's any remotely related to terrorism they have ceo data bases, dozens and dozens of officer there with full access to the most sensitive intelligence, so it's shared. a lot of data flows in, intelligence, military, law enforcement and all has to be sifted through every day and decisions have to be reached every day and train, good trained all source analysts are not in clinical supply. >> shannon: do we need more funding, more resources for the agencies? >> i think we have the resources, i think we just now have to get experienced officers. we had a huge turnover of officers in the 1990's and a lot of the young officers have two or three years experience. when i was growing up i was told it was five years you may b
does this person, could he become a threat to the united states? and these errors do occur. human errors occur, but i believe end to end, we have a very sound architecture. >> shannon: we've built a much better frame work for intelligence sharing among the different agencies? >> the sharing happens automatically, when a cable comes in at cia, it goes to nctc, if it's any remotely related to terrorism they have ceo data bases, dozens and dozens of officer there with full access to...